Job Description
Microsoft’s Discovery and Quantum (MDQ) division develops and delivers advanced artificial intelligence (AI), cloud-enabled capabilities, and strategic technologies to help solve the world’s major challenges. From accelerating scientific discovery with advanced AI tools, to pioneering breakthroughs in quantum computing, to advancing robotics and AI capabilities that drive real-world impact, joining MDQ means building the future, partnering with fast-moving innovators, and operating in a high-impact, mission-driven environment. At Microsoft Robotics within MDQ, we build and deploy technologies that enable people, robots, and AI agents to collaborate and achieve more. We are building Microsoft’s platform for physical intelligence—an integrated robotics software and AI platform that brings together humans, robots, and agents through robotics AI models, innovative teaming solutions and experiences, physically grounded agentic AI workflows, trustworthy test and evaluation, and real-world customer-focused validation. Built on Microsoft’s core platforms and delivered through and with a global ecosystem of partners and customers, this platform accelerates AI for the physical world and helps robotics solutions move from experimentation to reliable, scaled deployment. We are hiring a Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft Robotics (Field Robotics) at the hardware engineer II level, to plan, execute, and analyze field tests of robotic systems across real-world deployment environments. This role serves as the critical bridge between laboratory development and production readiness, ensuring that robots, AI models, and platform software and interfaces perform reliably under real operating conditions. The engineer will deploy robots to customer and partner sites, design and execute structured test protocols, collect performance and telemetry data, diagnose field issues, and gather and implement actionable feedback, and work with engineering teams to drive continuous improvement of hardware, software, and AI capabilities.